THE PREMIER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1575, 4 October 1905, Page 3

THE PREMIER.

AN INTERVIEW.

'(Per Presa Association.) ‘ Cbristohurob, last night.

The Premier, who paaaod through town last night on hia journey from Dunedin to Wellington; stated in an interview that no definite Btepa had yet been taken in refer, enoe'tfi the conlinuanoe of the South Afrioan subsidised steam servioe. He had been informed at Dunedin that as the old war supplies were now finished in South Africa, and things bad reached their normal level, large importations into that oouotry could be looked forward to. Referring to the Anglo-Japanese treaty, Mr Seddon said New Zealanders would respeot Japan so long as she remained within her zone and New Zealand got what was in onr zone. He also stated that no steps had yet been taken to invite a member of the Royal Family to be present at the opening oeremony of the Exhibition. The matter wa3 as yet prema* ture. He could give no information as to whether exhibits from foreign countries would be on a large scale. Since the meeting in Christchurch no further action had been taken re the Harvester Trust. Ha understood'a petition for presentation to Parliament was being largely signed, and the workers intended makiDg representations on the subject very shortly. Mr Seddon emphatically stated that the Electoral Bill would be passed into law tbia session.